Talk:A-2 jacket

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If someone has one please feel free to post it, but please only post photos of WWII era jackets, or vintage photos of pilots wearing A-2's. I don't want this article to become an advertisement for any current manufacturer.

BOO! After reading this article, I went on to read about Indiana Jones, the Fonz, and mondern takes on the A-2 jacket. I think there should be more pics, and more coverage of it as a fashion topic. --69.61.218.88 (talk) 04:25, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

This article really needs a photograph of one of these jackets. There must be a collector out there with one, who could just snap a pic and upload it.--Srleffler 22:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I found an old wartime advertisement that should be in the Public Domain, uploaded it and posted it. I'm not even sure that the company still exists today. Enjoy :-) אמר Steve Caruso _(poll) 19:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Steve. Actually Aero is the only wartime manufacturer that does still exist. They manufacturer very faithful reproductions of their wartime Aero jackets at their factory in England. -Ken Keisel [You mean Scotland, I guess Atanovic (talk) 16:34, 26 October 2009 (UTC)]

After an extensive search I've not been able to locate proof that an authentic WWII A-2 was ever manufactured by Wilis & Geiger, or that they ever had an A-2 contract during the war. Comments by others lead me to believe that although the company existed at the time, the A-2 was a product introduced by them in the 1980's, and seems to have been instrumental in their demise at the hands of Land's End. If anyone can conclusively prove that there is an authentic WWII Willis & Geiger contract I will gladly add their name back to the manufacturer's list. On the note of photos, if anyone has any actual wartime photos of a pilot wearing an original WWII era A-2 please feel free to add it to the article. I'm grateful for the advertisement, but a wartime photo would be preferred.- Ken Keisel

WOW, this is a really poorly referenced and neglected article. Ken, if you're still around, you need to cite your references. This honestly seems like Original Research, and of course, there is WP:NOR. I'm here because I'm trying to research a jacket and all I have to go by is one person's 'extensive search' on Wartime production, yet no clue what sources he is searching, or what methods, or access that are possible.Centerone (talk) 00:12, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

If we're being honest the majority of the article is boring drivel. It's unsourced, uninteresting, and just goes on and on and on. Even with sources it would be a mixture of personal reflections and unnecessarily prolix descriptions of trivial manufacturing variations in thirty-year-old civilian imitations of a mutable military contract. If only the effort had been spent sourcing a decent colour image of the jacket! Just one picture. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 11:51, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

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Very good and comprehensive but could use a longer intro and (above all) references. Daniel Case 15:43, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

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